commonage
Americannoun
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the joint use of anything, especially a pasture.
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the state of being held in common.
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something that is so held, as land.
noun
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law
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the use of something, esp a pasture, in common with others
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the right to such use
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the state of being held in common
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something held in common, such as land
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another word for commonalty
Etymology
Origin of commonage
Example Sentences
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The indaba began upon small matters, a recent dispute or two as to the ownership of cattle, or of land commonage, and so forth.
From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Bertram Mitford
The deer were suffered to run loose upon their lands; and many oppressions were used with relation to the claim of commonage which the people had in most of the forests.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
The whole baronetage, peerage, and commonage of England did not contain a more cunning, mean, foolish, disreputable old rogue than Sir Pitt Crawley.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
His pony was only grazing on the town commonage hard by; he could have him brought in less than half an hour.
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Bertram Mitford
The estate of Asbies contained fifty acres of arable land, six of meadow, and a right of commonage.
From Biographical Essays by Thomas De Quincey
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